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'L. K. JOHNSON.

TYPE SETTING APPARATUS.

' No. 264,084. Patented Sept. 12, 1882.

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, TYPE SETTING APPARATUS. No. 264,084. Patented Sept. 12, 1882.

l 'q'gure 3 type thus exposed; Fig.2,- a sectional elevation of the sameUNITED STATES LOU IS K. JOHNSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TYPE-SET-TlNG. AFP'ARATUS.

SPEGIEICATIONTOrming part of Idetters Patent No.

264,084, dated September 12, 1882 Application filed December 30. 1881.(No model.)

vention, which willtenable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to that classof typeholders in which the dilierent denominations of type arerespectively arranged in prescribed positions in containing channels,from the bottom of which-they are removed, one or more at a. time, byhand..

My invention consists primarily in 2. containing channel capable ofoscillation, formed at its lower end to receive or move over astationary shoulder orabntment, before which the lowest type in thecolumn rests when the channel is in its normal position, and by whichsaid lowest type is held stationary while the lower end of the channelis pushed back in order to' grasp the type; and, secondarily, in thespecial construction of the parts hereinafter described torsupportingthe column of type in the channo], controlling the operation of thelatter, and

gaging the number of types to be removed at one time.

In the drawings, Figurcl is a sectional elevation of my arrangement,showing the lower end of the channel depressed or pushed backward, andillustrating the method of grasping the parts in their normal position;Fig. 3, a front view of my oscillating channel; Fig. 4, a plan on linea: a, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, atop .view of the gage; Fig. 6, a. side elevationof the lower end of the channel provided with a permanent bottom ortype-supporting shoulder; Fig. 7, a sectional elevation, showing thestationary type holder or shoulder adapted to support the column of typeindependent of its containing channel.

The containing channel A is provided near its upper end with-a hook, a,or other suitable device, for suspending it upon the rod or crossbar' 71of the frame or support 15. This suspending device may be madeadjustable upon its channel, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose ofregulating its position vertically with rela tion to the stationaryshoulder or abutment O. This stationary shoulder or abutment 0 eenpies aposition at the extreme lowe end of the containing channel, and acts asa holderto rctain the lowest type in the column in its position whilethe channel and its contents are pressed backward,.thus leaving the saidlowest type exposed, so as to be easily grasped by the thumb and finger,as indicated in Fig. 1.

The lower-end of the containing channel may be either slotted, as shownin Figs. 1', 2, 4, and 6, to receive and pass over the type-holder O, orit may be made plain and open without any type-supporting shoulder, asindicated in Fig. 7, in which case the type is supported independentlyof its containing channel. upon the projection or supportir g-shoulder cof the typeholder 0. 4

Wherc-it is desirable to have a type-supporting shoulderon thecontaining channel itself, and at the same time provide for theinsertion or removal of the type from that end of the channel in alongitudinal direction, I employ the swinging type-support a, pivoted tothe back of the channel and capable of being turned soas to close theend of the channel, in which position it is held by a springcatch, M, orother suitable latching device, which enables it to sustain the weightof the column of type. This swinging type-support a. is countersunk toreceive the head of the pivot a and the body of the catch a (whichlatter also enters a corresponding depression in the side of thecontaining channel,) so as to present a. uniform even surface for thepassage of the slide 1), whiclris held in place upon the channel,preferably by friction alone. This slide D performs the three functionsof, first, a gage to preventthe withdrawal or displacement of more thana single type at a time; secondly, of an interchangeabledenomination-mark that may be transferrcd from one channel to another,as from an empty to a full channel; and, thirdly, as akey orlingcr-rest, by which the lower end of the channel may be convenientlypressed backward, leaving the frontend of the lowest type in the columnimmediately underneath the fin-- ger, ready to be grasped between it andthe thumb underneath.

Inorder to return the containing channel to its normal position after ithas been pressed hack, asdescribed, I provide aspring-retractor, E; andto counteract the force of the retractor and prevent ni' duejar, and at;the same time limit the forward movement of the channel on the oppositesi'deof the point of suspension b, I provide an elastic buffer or rest,1*.

What/I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The stationary ty iie-holdcrfl, in combination with theoscillating hype-containing channel adapted tolreceive or more over it,substantially in the manner and for the purpose described. 4 I

2. In combinatioinwith the oscillating containing channel A andstationary type-holding shoulder c, the combined gage-plate,interchangeable denomination mark, I and fingerrest 1), arranged andoperating substantially in the manner and'for the purposes herein setforth.

3. In combination with an oscillating typeeontaining channelsubstantially such as described, the stationar t type-holding abutmen't0, formed with the type-supporting shoulder c, substantially in themanner and for the purpose desoribed.

'4. In'combinatiou with the oscillating; chan nel A and stationarytype-holder G, a retractor,

E, for restoring the type-containin g channel to its normal positionwhen relieved from press ure, substantially in the manner and for. the

purpose described.

5. In combination with the oscillating'ehan Louis KOSSUTH JOHNSON.

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Geo. W. MIATT,

A. AUGUSTUS Low.

